Spoils of war

Why are Americans surprised that this civil war in Iraq is so brutal and so anti-USA? Who invaded that country for no real reasons, who committed so many crimes that still go unpunished, who destabilized a nation that for better or worse was pretty well unified under Saddam Hussein? We did.

What do we expect, love and gratitude? This is what war does and we created this one, we reap what we sow.

There are many important municipal elections scheduled this year throughout Miami-Dade County. The impact of those elections on local residents spans across many issues, like personal safety and security, taxation, and neighborhood recareation programs.

Because these issues often affect the quality of residential life and the delivery of municipal public services, residents should take more than passing interest in who their candidates are and what they stand for. It is most important for all of us to become informed and vote.